Today's print edition of the Washington Business Journal reports that National Public Radio is looking for 400,000 square feet of office space for a new headquarters to replace their current location on Massachusetts Avenue. In addition to sites in NoMa and Silver Spring, the article lists possible Near Southeast locations 1015 Half Street, 1100 South Capitol, and.... 225 Virginia Avenue? The site for which the city signed a long-term lease last year when it planned to move the the Metropolitan Police Department there, before that plan fell apart in late summer? Is this just a mistake by the reporter, or is this a hint at bigger news afoot about the future of the old Post Plant?

Maybe those Capitol views are particularly enticing to the media--two months ago the WBJ reported that CNN is also looking at 1015 Half, 1100 South Capitol, and Lerner Enterprises' proposed building at 1000 South Capitol. (The lower prices on commercial real estate in this part of town probably don't hurt, either.)

NEW BUILDING PERMIT FOR NEW COMMUNITY CENTER INCLUDING STEEL STRUCTURE BRICK AND MASONRY BACKUP

1240 12TH ST SE

02/19/15
WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT CO / CARLTON W ROBINSON

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909 HALF ST SE

02/25/15
23 I LLC C/O RELATED COMPANIES / DAVID MILLER

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INSTALLATION AND MONITORING OF 8 INCLINOMETER MONITORING SYSTEMS.
THREE INCLINOMETER CASINGS TO BE INSTALLED ALONG THE K STREET BORDER OF THE PROJECT.
THREE CASINGS TO BE INSTALLED ALONG THE I STREET BORDER OF THE PROJECT.
TWO CASINGS TO BE INSTALLED ALONG THE HALF STREET BORDER OF THE PROJECT.

A HOLLOW STEM AUGER WILL INSTALL UP TO 30 TEMPORARY DEWATERING WELLS BY ADVANCING A 12 OD / 8 1 / 4 ID BOREHOLE TO A DEPTH OF 65 FEET. AT DEPTH A 4 INCH PVC FLUSH JOINT THREADED WELL ASSEMBLY WILL BE SET AND SELECT FILTER PLACED. INTO EACH WELL WILL BE INSTALLED A 1 HP TURBINE SUBMERSIBLE PUMP. EFFLUENT WILL BE DIRECTED THROUGH A COMMON MANIFOLD TO A BAFFLED SETTLING TANK AND DISCHARGED TO THE LO...

1015 HALF ST SE

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THOMAS AN / THOMAS AN; HYH ELECTRIC CO. INC.

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INSTALL ONE SINGLE FACE BUILDING SIGN AND ONE DOUBLE FACE BLADE SIGN

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HALF ST SE LLC / STEPHEN R. HOLMAN

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ENGLEWOOD LLC / FVI2020

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FOUNDATION OF GRADE RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HOTEL

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SQUARE 743 INC. / JOHN GIUSEPPE-RAMCO

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FIRST TIME TENANT TO BUILDOUT AND OCCUPY TENANT SPACE ON PART OF THE 7TH FLOOR THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND AS SHOWN ON THE ATTACHED THIRD PARTY REVIEWED AND APPROVED MECH. .PLUMB. ELECT. FIRE PROTECTION AND ARCHITECTURAL PLANS BY KTA.
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SQUARE 743 INC / DAVID FLEMING

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SQUARE 743 INC / DAVID FLEMING

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SQUARE 743 INC / GREGORY E LIGON

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US GOVERNMENT NAVY PWC / SUMMIT CONSTRUCTION AND ES

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REQUEST AND E&S PERMIT FOR WORK ON FEDERAL INSTALLATION. INSTALLING FOOTINGS AND SLAB WITH PORTCH SUPPORTS. MINOR GRADING AND SEEDING. BUILDING FOOTPRINT IS UNDER 700SF. LAND DISTURBANCE INCLUDING GRADING AND SEEDING IS UNDER 2 500SF.